Wherein I compare my life to a hayride

The thing about not posting a blog entry for an unreasonably long time is that, when you finally do make time to write something, you feel like it has to be fucking epic in order to somehow make up for your extended absence, thereby giving your adoring fans a reason why they should still care about your lame, non-writing, too-busy-dancing-for-the-man-40-hours-per-week ass.

Well, by that logic, prepare to stop caring, because this ain’t epic.

See, right now, 2010 is a tractor, and it is pulling me down a bumpy trail with lots of twists and turns, and every time I try to get comfortable, I find myself slipping in hay and getting tossed around and sucking in diesel fumes, all the while feeling like I have no control whatsoever over the selection of my destination, nor the route by which I’ll get there.

So I’m just holding on and grinning and bearing it and hoping and praying that, at some point in the not-too-distant future, the ride will come to an end, and I’ll stand up and brush off the shards of hay sticking to my ass, and exit the flatbed that life has thrown me on this year, and get behind the wheel of my own little sporty contraption, and roll down the windows, and crank some kick-ass music, and drive to a place of my own choosing via a road paved with lots and lots of happy happy joy joy.

Jon, I think lots of happy, happy, joy, joy is coming your way. Just keep hanging on. We all have really sucky rough patches. Granted yours is a big one, but it WILL get better.ToadMama´s most recent blog post: Gimme A Pinch

Yay, Lunch! My sentiments exactly. Even when life seems to suck…there are plenty of happy, happy, joy, joy things to keep you moving…funny enough, they all usually end up being the same things that you think are bringing you down and making it rough. Need I mention wife, kids, job, house, family, memories…?
GO JON!

When life brings you lemons, it better also bring sugar and water or that lemonade is gunna suck. Sometimes, the ride just goes on and on and on and it doesn’t get better, it just gets different. At least there’s hay to cushion the bounces.watercolor´s most recent blog post: I win

It is funny how, after missing a few posts, one feels compelled to make the next one reallyreally worthwhile. And whenever I try to do that, I’m pretty much guaranteed failure. But the thing I keep reminding myself is, it’s the cumulative posting that turns folks on (or off), and the individual ones don’t matter so much.

And hang in there. Sometimes things suck. Until they no longer suck. Or, to quote George Carlin as the hippie-dippie weather man: “Tonight’s forecast: Dark. Continued dark throughout most of the evening, with some widely scattered light towards morning.” Scattered light will eventually come.pvz´s most recent blog post: definitions: gentiful / goth

My first thought was “Holy cow, have you been living my life this year?” Because This year has SUCKED. I’m totally buried in the crap that’s been thrown at me. Drowning in it. If one can drown in crap. Maybe in diarrhea?

Well. That’s a lovely image.

And then I read Lunch’s and Veronica N’s comments and I thought, “Huh. Well. How about that.” and started to think about all the good things that have happened this year. Truthfully, the icky things have outweighed the good…but there have at least been SOME good things. To start with I never puked when I was pregnant. So that’s good. Unfortunately the baby died, so that’s kinda sucky. But STILL. Lemons. Lemonade. Food for thought. If lemonade can be food…Madiantin´s most recent blog post: We found a map to Candy Mountain Charlie

Think peaceful thoughts. Life is constantly changing and just when you think you can’t stand it anymore, it changes. Or something weird comes up. Like this morning, I was fine. Tonight I’ve hurt my foot and can’t walk. So I’m just sitting and getting nothing done and watching my kids play. Never fear, things change. And we’ll always love your blog no matter what. 🙂

A favorite saying: “When you’re going through hell, keep going.” Friends of mine had a similar 2010: he had a heart attack, she had breast cancer. Makes me smack my face when I’m feeling glum and count my blessings!